[lg policy] BBC program on new book

[Harold Schiffman]

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Topics of the day:

 1. The Life of Slang (on BBC Today programme)


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Date:    Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:39:16 +0000
From:    Dave Sayers <D.Sayers at SWANSEA.AC.UK>
Subject: The Life of Slang (on BBC Today programme)

Prof. Julie Coleman interviewed about a new book:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cvpyv/Today_06_03_2012/?t=1h42m34s

That link should take you to the right spot in the programme, but if it
takes you to the start of the programme instead, then just scroll to 1h
42m 34s.

Dave

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Swansea University
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Date:    Tue, 6 Mar 2012 10:07:08 -0800
From:    John Rickford <rickford at STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Call for Posters:  Stanford symposium on language, race and
ethnicity, May 3-4, 2012

CALL FOR POSTERS

"Racing Language, Languaging Race":  A symposium sponsored by the Center
for Race, Ethnicity and Language [CREAL] at Stanford University, May 2012

Abstracts are invited for a poster session to be held at the start of a
two-day symposium on “Racing Language, Languaging Race,” to be held at
Stanford University, Thu May 3 to Fri May 4, 2012.  The symposium will also
include presentations from 22 speakers and discussants in three broad
areas:  Race and Ethnicity in Sociolinguistics, Race and Ethnicity in
Linguistic Anthropology, and Race and Ethnicity in Language Education.  For
a list of presenters and other information, see the CREAL website:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/creal/cgi-bin/drupal/

Abstracts for posters relating to the conference theme, should be no more
than 300 words, and should be submitted by March 23 to
CREALconference at stanford.edu

Decisions about accepted posters will be communicated by March 30.
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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
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